Oliver Gabriel scored first for Columbus, but it was all Minnesota after that. Casey Wellman had a goal and an assist and goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped 24 shots. Columbus has lost both games so far in the tournament, meanwhile the Wild are rolling right along and playing great, something good to see from a team whose farm system is seemingly a bit lacking.

The Stars’ rookies bounced back after dropping their first game of the tournament nicely, putting up four goals. Tristan King had a goal and an assist for Dallas, meanwhile goalie Tyler Beskorowany made 26 saves in the win. St. Louis’ Josh Shalla had their only goal. Blues prospect Stefan Della Rovere, obtained from Washington in the D.J. King trade got on the board with a fight.

Carolina’s impressive tournament continues and in dramatic fashion as Zac Dalpe scored the game-winning goal with under a minute left the third period to give the Hurricanes the win. Mike Murphy stopped 33 shots in getting the shutout for Carolina. Cam Talbot stopped 25 of 26 shots for the Rangers in the effort.

It was the game that wouldn’t end… Until the 16th round of the shootout. Tampa’s Matt Butcher finally ended the marathon shootout. James Wright had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay while Tomas Tatar continues to be impressive for Detroit adding a goal and assist for the Red Wings.

The Senators were down 3-1 at one point in this game, but rattled off six unanswered goals to take out the Blackhawks. Seven different goal scorers hit the sheet for the Senators while goalie Brandon Foote stopped 26 shots in the win.

Dustin Jeffrey scored the game-winner late in the second for Pittsburgh as the Pens won this one in a lively, fight-filled affair. Brayden Irwin scored for Toronto. Former Northeastern goalie Brad Thiessen got the win for the Penguins while former Cornell standout Ben Scrivens took the hard-luck loss. Leafs prospect Nazem Kadri was held out due to injury precautions.

This game was all about the Oilers troika of young stars as Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall and Magnus Paajarvi all suited up for Edmonton and didn’t disappoint. Paajarvi scored two goals while Eberle scored a goal and an assist while Hall assisted Eberle’s tally to lead the way. How big a deal was this in Penticton to see this collection of talent? A sold-out crowd of 5,200 packed in to watch it. Not bad.

Experienced rookie Benn Ferriero had three assists for the Sharks as they took out their California rivals. Ferriero, a former Boston College standout, played in more than a handful of games for the Sharks last year and he’ll be hoping to crack the Sharks lineup full-time this year rather than ride the San Jose-Worcester shuttle all season.